AN UNEXPECTED FIRST 10KM

[Snail61]

I woke up this morning feeling a bit stiff after long hours spent behind the wheel, following a family bereavement, so wasn't expecting too much from today's run. I've been, up till this point, following ju-ju magic plan for distance and I was supposed to have run an 8km today. I've also been trying to run at an easy pace, which for me should be about 7.2min/km according to the run calculator. I have to say running at this pace does enable me to take in much more of my surroundings! I arrived at my 8km mark feeling pretty good so I thought I'd up the pace a bit and go for 9km. At 9km I'm still feeling strong so I just carried on to 10km. At 10km I'm still feeling pretty good but didn't want to bust the 10% rule by any more than I had.

I hope everyone is enjoying their running in this lovely sunny weather.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Excellent run for you today Snail61, I think you should change your username to hare61.

If you want to see the words Graduate10 next to your username leave a message in the pinned posts on the right side of the healthunlocked April Graduate10 homepage and tell the administrators that you have ran your first 10K.

[Snail61 Graduate10 in reply to AlMorr]

Thankyou but I'm certainly no hare. I got chatting to a fellow runner who'd ran 10k in 42 mins! However I'll still claim my badge!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10 in reply to Snail61]

Of course claim your badge, even if a runner runs a 10K in 1 hour 42 minutes they are still entitled to claim a Graduate10 badge, I know a man who can run 10K in 33 minutes, he came second in our last local 10K event in 2019.

[Snail61 Graduate10 in reply to AlMorr]

I'm absolutely amazed at what some people can achieve!

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Well done indeed Snail61! That’s brill. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[Snail61 Graduate10 in reply to Frenc]

Thank you so much😀

[Week7 Graduate10]

Congratulations-I'm in agreement with AlMorr on the name change 😀

[Snail61 Graduate10 in reply to Week7]

Thankyou but I like my shell!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Awesome, what a great run and that magic first 10k

[Snail61 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thank you so much. You've been an inspiration.😀

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Snail61]

That is so nice of you thank you

[Doris8 Graduate10]

Well done I wish I could run a 10 km at what you call your easy pace. Good time today and your pace 6.50m/k great👏👏. As AlMorr replied in previous post you’ll have to change your username . Great times for a 🐌👏👏🎉

[Snail61 Graduate10]

Thankyou so much Doris8 I do appreciate your reply.

[Lifluf Graduate10]

Congratulations! That time is definitely too fast for a snail 🐌😊

[Snail61 Graduate10 in reply to Lifluf]

Thank you so much.

[Raisemeup 60minGraduate]

Well done, you should feel very pleased with yourself as you are developing into a strong and speedy runner.Have a good day ☺️

[Snail61 Graduate10 in reply to Raisemeup]

Thank you. I've got a long way to go but I'm enjoying the journey.

[Dups Graduate10]

Well done on your first 10k 👏👏that is definitely not a snail pace.

Congratulations 🥳🎉🥳🎉

[Snail61 Graduate10 in reply to Dups]

Thank you so much!